<p>The family of five were swept into the sea after being struck by a 10 foot wave while standing on rocks.</p>

<p>Two of the children managed to scramble back on to the rocks and suffered minor injuries.</p>

<p>Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team, two RNLI lifeboats, a Coastguard helicopter police and paramedics attended the rescue.</p>

<p>An RNLI spokeswoman said: &quot;They were on rocks when there were big waves.&quot;</p>

<p>The mother was rescued by jetski while the father and daughter were taken onboard a lifeboat.</p>

<p>A spokesperson from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: &quot;The child and man were taken to hospital by the Coastguard helicopter and the helimed helicopter. The man, sadly, has since died in hospital&quot;.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">RNLI Rescue Operation this afternoon <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Newquay?src=hash">#Newquay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cornwall?src=hash">#Cornwall</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rescue?src=hash">#rescue</a> <a href="https://t.co/KycVD3CNrq">pic.twitter.com/KycVD3CNrq</a></p>
&mdash; Paul.L.Blatchford (@PLBlatchford) <a href="https://twitter.com/PLBlatchford/status/766735829863661568">August 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A man has died and a 2 year old child is in a critical condition after being swept out to sea off Newquay last night <a href="https://t.co/zV0a9IJRzz">pic.twitter.com/zV0a9IJRzz</a></p>
&mdash; Spotlight (@BBCSpotlight) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSpotlight/status/766949265109315584">August 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Our thoughts are with the family and all of those involved in yesterdays tragic accident in Newquay.</p>
&mdash; RNLI (@RNLI) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/766927013349167104">August 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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